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    • Feb 5, 2023

Do endurance athletes benefit from strength training?

💪💦 The addition of strength training can improve parameters of endurance capacity in endurance athletes.


📊 This classic study shows improvements in cycling economy in well-trained cyclists after adding 8-weeks of heavy squats to their regular endurance training.


🏋️‍♀️ Combining endurance and strength training does not seem to reduce maximal oxygen uptake when compared to endurance-only training. Interestingly, strength is reduced with concurrent training compared to strength-only training.


🏋️‍♀️ Something to keep in mind for mixed sport athletes such as most team sports and CrossFit®.


Full read of the papers:

Sunde et al., PMID: 19855311

Coffey et al., PMID: 27506998

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